Hair-pin



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W. E. BANTA.

HAIR PIN. 310.397.16 1. Patented Feb 5, 1889.

'ZIE ELFId iE WITNESSES v I JVV'EJV TOR PETERS. Phuln-uflngnaher.Washington. D. c,

NITED STATES \VILLIAM E. BANTA, OF SPRINGFIELD, .OIIIO.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,164, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed January 28, 1887. Serial No. 225,766. (No model.)

To aZZ "1071 0711 it may concern.-

lle it known that I, \VILLIAM E. BANTA, a citizen of the In ited States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hair-pins used by females tohold their hair in a dressed position, and to secure hats and bonnetsupon their heads.

The invention consists of pins bent to form a loop or shoulder thereinat or immediately near the head of the pin, into or over which the hairmay be adjusted by simply giving the pin a partial turn, so as topresent the loop or shoulder at an anglesay a right angle? to thedirection in which'the head is turned, whereby the pins are held againstaccidental loss, and are also easily inserted and withdrawn, as theholding portion does not pass deeply into the hair, as is the case whensaid portion is located down on the body of the pin.

In the accom 'iauying drawings, forming a part of this specilicatii'm,and on which like reference-letters indicate correspomling fea tures,Figure 1 is a front view of a hair-pin having my improvement embodiedtherein; Fig. 2, an edge view of the same pin; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of said pin with numerous strands of hair adjusted over the loop orshoulder thereof; l ig. r, an elevation of a pin,showinganother form ofloop or shoulder.

The letter A refers to? the body or prongs of the pins, consisting, asusual, of wires of some suitable nu-tal, reduced to a point at I), andin all the figures bent near the middle to form two members. It is atthis bend in the pins having a plurality of prongs or members that theloop or shoulder for holding them in place in the hair is located. Thepreferred manner of forming the loop or shoulder is by bemling the wireor bar at and thence extending it to l), which is near the other prong,and thence project ing it upward, and then finally by bending it again,and at E, whence it starts downward and forms said prong. Thus a loop orshoulder, F, is formed in the upper end or bend of the pin.

Referring now to the manner of removing the pins from the hair, I wouldobserve that this is done by turning the pins so that the loop orshoulder is brought in line with the direction in which the strands ofthe hair are combed. In this position the pins readily come out withoutdrawing or pulling the hair in the least. From these remarks and fromthose already made concerning the manner of securing the pins in thehair it will be understood that this is done by turning the pins, afterinserting them into the hair, until the loop or shoulder stands acrossthe strands,

when the latter are simply slipped over the former and the pins secured.I have found these statements to be true in actual practice, for I havehad the pins tested by usage.

I want to be understood as not laying any claim to hair or hat pinswhich have holdingin bends along the body of the prongs at such pointsas enter well into the hair, the principal objection to which is thatthey refuse both to readily enter and to readily disengage from thestrands of hair.

I am aware that price and show cards pins have heretofore been known, inwhich the pin had a broad head and the body was bent downward into ahalf-circle some distance above the head, so as to form a portionparallel to the body, and then bent upward into a half-circle near thehead; so as to bring the head parallel with the saiddownwardly-extending portion. Such device differs materially from mine,however, for in the latter the portion which lies between the bends isat such an angle-not parallel-to the body as that it will throw off thestrands of hair when turned from a position substantially crosswise tothem to a position substantially in line with them. In the device heredisclaimed such is not the case, for I have made one from the patentcoveringit and have had it tried, and it is found that the strands ofhair become seated between the back of the pin-head and the portionformed by the first bend, and will not extricate themselves by simplyturning the pin in the manner above iflescril'ied; but, to the contrary,the hair becomes entangled and wraps round the whole upper part of thatpin.

the pat ent covering it, it is plain that said pin was never intendedfor the purpose for which mine is designed, and so these two things be-Besides this, from the strands are combed, and to disengage from thehair when turned in line with said strands. As an improved article ofimnlufacture, a hairpin composed of a pointed body having a loop orshoulder near the upper end, which extends laterally from the body, andwhich acts to engage the hair when turned crosswise the direction inwhich the strands 5 are combed, and to disengage from the hair whenturned in line with said strands.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence oi. two witnesses.

W M. E. BANTA.

come the facts in The mati er, first, that this prior device was neverdesigned to answer the purpose I have in View, and, semiindly, uponactual trial it will not accomplish my purpose, but fails to do so.

Having thus full described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desireto secure by 1 Letters Patent, is l i. As an improved article ofmanufaclure, a hair-pin composed of a body pointed at one end, bent nearthe oiher end, and extended laterally at an angle to the bod portion,and i then bent again and extended upwardly, whereby a shoulder or loopis formed between i the said bends, which acts to engage the hair l whenturn ed crosswise the direction in which Witnesses:

E. M. KISSELL, A. A. YEATMAN.

